Abu Suleiman al-Masri

Mahmoud Magawry (died 24 October 2015), also known as Abu Suleiman al-Masri, was the leader of the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, the al-Nusra Front. He was killed in the Syrian Civil War by either the Syrian Arab Army or the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during the battle for Aleppo in 2015.

Biography
Mahmoud Magawry was born in Egypt to a family of Sunni Muslims, and he followed Salafism, an ultraconservative branch of Islamism. Magawry joined al-Qaeda, becoming the leader of the al-Nusra Front (also known as Jabhat al-Nusra), their branch in Syria and one of the most powerful rebel groups in the whole country as part of the Army of Conquest. Magawry used the kunya of "Abu Suleiman al-Masri", and he left Egypt after President Mohamed Morsi urged Muslim Brotherhood members to fight in Syria for jihad. He was killed near the village of Tal al-Karsani by either the Syrian Arab Army or the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on 24 October 2015 as al-Nusra began talks of joining the Islamic State.